thousands of strong antiwar protests as activists accuse the government of stoking tensions with by approving cross border military action. inside syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days that is if the assad government doesn't comply with their demands and release captured opposition fighters. thousands of in the mists call for change in the jordanian capital amman as part of a massive rally that threatens to shatter the solid monarchy. and italy's biggest cities turned into a conflict zone with students clashing with police and the latest show a few. it's

just after seven o'clock on friday night here in the russian capital of this with me will receive the free syrian army says in two days they could start executing forty eight iranian pilgrims they kidnapped back in august a threat would be carried out if the syrian regime does not fulfill demands to release rebel fighters and stop the shelling john laughlin from the paris space institute of democracy and cooperation he says this should alert the world to the true nature of the rebels' fight in syria. i think it does underline the nature of at least some elements within the syrian rebels who of course are presented in most of the western media as freedom fighters if they were to carry out their threat to execute these hostages and i think people would understand that we are dealing with

a very vicious insurgency and one which any state would be intitled and indeed obliged to try to put down because this is the first time that they have done things like this they have been reports in the western media going back months telling how the syrian rebels would slit the throats of the syrian army soldiers that they captured so it's something they've done before at mrs lee against their own nationals. in turkey's two biggest cities thousands of march to protest what they say is the government actually escalating tension against syria but what began as a peaceful demonstration in the capital turned violent when riot police moved in to disperse the crowd tear gas water cannons smoke grenades all used to break the ranks of activists unhappy with the current policies of turkey's ruling party protesters also lashed out at the international media saying the u.s. and its western allies are forcing propaganda the wave of popular discontent was

sparked by the turkish parliament approving a cross border military actions in syria on thursday the motion followed mortar shells being fired from inside syria that killed five people in a turkish border town ankara retaliated by launching artillery fire on syrian targets for two consecutive days former pentagon official michael maloof says turkey's entry into the syrian conflict could actually be a setup. you've got opposition forces there are there and they they they are desperate they are low on ammunition there and i think they would love to have turkey get into the you get into the fight they're moving they've moved their headquarters from turkey into to syria and that's going to set up a logistical problem for them in coordination with forces inside of turkey to bring in more ammunition and and logistics to back them up but would be an easier way then to set up

a situation where where you bring turkey into the into the fight and in order to provide that kind of assistance that they really need i don't rule that out. and the salafist working there in that in that region there they're very very good at that kind of set up. meantime the united nations syria's envoy has expressed his government's. both the use of the casualties and also to sharon says that an investigation is under way at the same time he called on syria's neighbors including turkey to stop terrorist infiltrating the cold flu to one country across the border the latest now from the un security council in new york with to use marina portnoy. well the un security council agreed and issued a presidential statement strongly condemning wednesday's mortar attack by syria on a turkish border town that as we already heard has killed people in injured several

others the council called on the syrian government to fully respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its neighbors and that called on all concerned parties to exercise maximum restraint presidential statement issued by the council also demanded that quote such violations of international law stop immediately and are not repeated mortar fire from syria had a town in turkey on wednesday and that's when the security council began deliberating this presidential statement earlier on thursday the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon also voiced his alarm at escalating tensions along the syrian turkish border and the u.n. itself there's a lot of divisions over how to solve this crisis that it escalates and everybody within the security council in the u.n. is trying to ease tensions that are growing not only within syria but now on the border between syria and turkey. i know we've got more on the issue of syria turkey tensions as well as a timeline of events and analysis at our two dot com they also find more of the

ripple effect beyond running syrian crisis ascending to its neighboring states. iraq is certainly one of them next hour here on our two we speak to the country's prime minister who says peace cannot be brought to syria through weapons and foreign troops. thousands of islamist opposition supporters have gathered in the jordanian capital amman to demand reform that's despite the king having already dissolved the parliament at the rally was organized by the jordanian wing of the muslim brotherhood reporting from its artie's paula. thousands of people not only showing support for the muslim brotherhood which is the largest opposition party here in jordan but also showing their anger with the coming to the jordanian government now among the demands of the protesters have off with their electoral law they're also calling for constitutional reforms for all political prisoners to be released and at the same time for all corruption to be rooted out they also want

the country's prime minister to be elected by the parliament and not merely appointed by the king the king for his side also came under criticism in fact at one stage there were rumors circulating in the crowd that there was in the brotherhood was going to call for the king to step down the open eyes is denied this and in fact it did not happen but it gives you some kind of sense of the anger and the frustration just bubbling beneath the surface here what is interesting is that until now jordan has largely bypassed the arab spring that began back in january last year this is a secular country largely it's also a country that is very moderate and is relatively stable but the question being asked is whether or not that's going to change because we've seen the muslim brotherhood come to power in countries like egypt so the fundamental question that people are asking themselves is whether or not the power base of the muslim. that is going to now spill over into other countries in the region so tensions here in jordan running high the brotherhood simply coming to the fore as

a popular choice although it needs to be mentioned that of the thousands of people who were on the streets of amman today friday there were not only brotherhood supporters there were also people there from all political backgrounds including second of us policy r.t. amman jordan. and of course our reporter paul are right there is a keeping you up to date on all the rallies in jordan on twitter feed. or in the ten minutes past the hour here in moscow in britain the army is the latest victim of the financial people thousands of soldiers have been told not to report for duty come the new year but as he's probably boyko reports when it comes to funding expensive war toys britain apparently there's money to burn. the number of soldiers in the british army is being cut back by a fifth as you can see here that's quite a significant reduction is going to mean the smallest british army since before the

napoleonic wars eight thousand u.k. troops face christmas as unemployed civilians defense secretary philip pam and insists the cuts a necessary to balance the defense budget yet at the same time the u.k. is committed to remaining one of the biggest military spending is in the world well any modern army even if it cuts its troops needs up to date equipment but take a look at these the british government has spent some two billion pounds on developing remote control attack drone since two thousand and seven but home grown u.k. drones don't have a good track record how about the watch keeper drone this nifty piece of military equipment has already cost the u.k. taxpayers about eight hundred million pounds it was meant to be up and flying by now it isn't yet ready and now running two under half years late the want to keep its predecessor it was a drone called the phoenix that proved so unreliable that an army suckles it became

known as the bugger off because it often left on missions never to return the phoenix was such an epic fail that it was used as an example of the quote dismal failure of the british built drone for systems engineering students in one u.k. university and the cost of this techno flop two billion pounds in fact the ministry of defense his attempt to balance its books has actually contributed to an increase in spending on equipment something those troops facing their final paycheck in the coming weeks will find hard to stomach. arty. and i thanks for joining us here in our view today clashes have taken place in several cities across italy as police to spur students protesting against cuts in education funding students say they've been beaten by clubs and several protesters have been detained it leaves the euro zone's fourth largest economy and one of the worst hit by the economic crisis and of a troubled state that have greece and allister can only manage without another portion

of international aid in till november. says the greek troubles will not stop until e.u. politicians change their approach. we have reached the end twenty five percent especially between young people fifty percent we have to start changing our clown we have to have changing that have point of view because the recipes not working this is the fifth year depression this very key measure starting now we have changed the way that we are looking at our economy are still to come for in the program here are two other debates are over the decisive moment looms for both president presidential candidates but not in america rather in venezuela you know he has won back as a broad hundreds of thousands of homes have shown their support for incumbent to go shopping and his socialist agenda but to come as well as. russia

may soon provide licenses to foreign companies to drill for oil in the ground breaking move to attract foreign investment more in that story and many others after the short break. you can tell an ordinary russian siberian in the blink of an. anthropologist in those days siberians was different clothes eight different food from different animals. what about now my journey began in two men but the big city was all shiny oil funded skyscrapers and shopping malls much like any other prosperous russian outpost. so i decided to travel to. a small town just outside.

many of these humble dumplings came from here to dominate the russian cuisine but only in siberia put them in soup with cabbage and jam making sure you can have many as a starter main dish. although it may draw the. most people in siberia see nothing wrong with hunting there are only if you decide to participate. when you look upon martin. as in the middle of a swamp only accessible by air transport in the summer months and winter. it's inhabited by siberian

a large muslim minority that migrated head before the russians. and this. israel siberia maybe not the stuff of tourist brochures but distinctive enough to show that after all these yeahs siberia still not quite like anywhere else. just quarter past the hour here in the russian capital i'm rory sushi thanks for joining us here today and after a long and bitterly fought campaign venezuela is now braced for its first presidential election in six years this sunday both candidates saying come and go chavez and his rival and certainly made the most of their last day on the campaign trail the elections received huge attention from the international media but mainly

focused on the opposition candidates seeking to unseat the country's long term socialist leader but despite being largely ignored a broad popular support for charges does not seem to be shrinking south american political analyst adrian explains why it washington wants to see chavez out of the picture. he has taken the stance which is very highly respected throughout many of these in latin america showing that the united states is. not just in the middle east but worldwide and not so much the countries that are attacked by the united states especially at a time when in two thousand and eight the united states has reactivated the fourth south atlantic fleet and they now have a very strong military presence throughout latin america in the south atlantic just as they have engineered insurrection and civil war which seems to be washington's specialisation now in the so-called arab spring mini theater here and that we will

be seeing a latin american spring with different characteristics but where the united states will meddle in the internal affairs of countries like venezuela and they will even trigger and activate a generalized latin american spring which will be turmoil social unrest and even civil war. of course and more stories are features video and analysis all in store for you at r.t. dot com including that of a tragic remark online with pop a story of a russian student who found himself severely beaten in a canadian a hospital bed after making an innocuous remark. plus how making cars more eco friendly is. proving harmful to millions but online to learn why land sold for biofuel in developing countries putting people on the brink of starvation.

we'll get to the r.t. world of that in just a second for now though the u.s. president is being sued by a chinese own company for blocking its planned wind farm investments on u.s. territory at the firm believes barack obama actually to unlawfully when he banned the operator on national security concerns and with only a month left before the u.s. elections professor joseph chang believes obama is just trying to score some rather cheap popularity points. is and to try now not to are now trying to. and is a certain believe in discrimination against i know there are two levels of concerns over the use of one is the general intention of the united states to china china sort of and we want to tell the that man's countries that the world and it is easier to acquire technology management know how and so on from the united states

and other western countries the other concern of course is the action can you give me campaign politics he's a literary under time no reason president you know action campaigns day use of tendency on up to ten days to engage in time to ask just as they did in. and bash a new and eighty's and ninety's our time now for the r.t. while debate will start in iraq where a double bombing as five and wounded at least twenty six in southeastern baghdad explosions when he or she mosque going to nearby a police checkpoint after friday prayers al qaeda has claimed responsibility for a wave of attacks in recent days. israeli police clashed with dozens of palestinians in jerusalem's old city it happened just outside the compound containing the dome of the rock and the al aqsa mosque of course are one

of islam's holiest sites police used stun grenades to disperse the rock throwing rioters two people were slightly injured and one person arrested for attempting to stab a policeman as he was being taken into custody. nineteen people eighteen of them children have been killed in a landslide in southwest china they were trapped inside a school which was buried under mud and rocks the disaster also blocked the river below flooding the area and hampering rescue efforts more than eighty people in the same region have died following earthquakes and landslides in just the last month alone. in a moment to be true the business for now though the effects of the afghan war continue to ripple out far beyond its border in india entire farming communities have been devastated by the influx of cheap afghan heroin and anger over the issue is being directed at the united states which refuses to go after the drug lords for fear of driving them directly into the arms of the insurgency reports. almost two

thousand kilometers from the war zone in afghanistan women like smith rocor are fighting a battle of their own in punjab india being a daddy my son lives with me we lost his father to drugs and recently lost his brother to drugs everyone in the neighborhood is brought to you and taking up drugs and if my son or i then who will look after the children. once known as one of the most prosperous states in india punjab is now one of the biggest drug trafficking hubs in the world officials say most of the confiscated drugs are coming from nearby afghanistan the largest global producer of opium and the situation is getting worse the united nations has reported that opium production has more than doubled in afghanistan since the united states invaded the country in two thousand and one critics say that nato and the united states have not done enough to eradicate the narcotics producing poppy fields which they say is the

afghans biggest source of income. is such a culture would lead is such a bankrupt lead used to its condition. trysts so resistant to anything you see the community is hardened it's of so much so they're not going to listen to you if you say looks nice you know stop going on wheat the drug addiction problem in punjab is becomes so bad that at spirit say that one in three people are actually addicted to drugs and in this area alone people say that seventy percent of the people between the ages of fifteen and thirty five are dicks it's the drugs and that's not good news for these women smithville course community has now become known as the village of widows because of all the men who have died from drug addiction. now many bring their children to this. who or where sixteen

percent of the six hundred fifty children are orphans most of their parents died from drug related debts mainly through private donations they are all able to get an education for free but it's little consolation for what many fear could become a lost generation in punjab if more action against drug trafficking isn't taken again if something happens to my son look what happened to the family where we go can i bring them up myself it was really far from the bullets and explosives in afghanistan the people of punjab wonder how they too can escape the war that has started to impact millions of their own preassure either r t m rights or india. or let's get some business here there's dmitri good to see you again though you and i were speaking last hour and you were saying that russia is close to ground making a groundbreaking move in order to attract foreign investment groundbreaking is the correct word we're talking about granting licenses to drill for oil in the arctic

as explains. deal to contains at least one fifth of the world's untapped hard to cope and reserves and the largest part of that territory of course belongs to russia. russia is aware that there is a problem in getting those resources out is enormously expensive and take the key very challenging no a number of deals have been done with west of oil which is all needed for that for not so banking and technical expertise these include the us six zero mobile italy's and the and the weight starts will. put to sweeten the all to. exult and no doubt the energy minister here said the government is considering allowing foreign oil to open the licenses that they operate this would be a radical departure normally what happens here is the only roles you have to gasp all the big states. are allowed to own the oil that's on the ground but they do need to make the projects attractive to give you an idea of the amount of money involved knew that made these comments on a trip to london which is all. of

a plan to drum up one trillion dollars worth of investment in the russian oil and gas sector by twenty twenty. meanwhile the head of russia's largest oil company will still have to give station is in london right now talking to strategic partners about boosting cooperation now one of these partners this b.p. will sniff wants to buy b.p.'s stake in t.n. k b p and analysts from renesas capital say this could all facilitates b.p.'s access to russia's arctic. the current shareholder agreement prevents b.p. from you know making any. side of ten-k. b.p. in russia so there has to be a solution and one of them is leaving exiting from ten-k. b.p. . then in theory there are still assets less. than they used to be because the big pieces were taken by some buy in and start but i'm pretty sure that in terms of exploration assets there's still a lot of potential and

a lot of assets to be considered for these investments from b.p. in the arctic. all right a big surprise to the markets came from the u.s. labor department the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to seven point eight percent in september this is the lowest level since january two thousand and nine the u.s. economy added a further one hundred fourteen thousand jobs last month slightly more than the markets expected but none of the ninety one analyst told by reuters said it would be seven point percent some analysts indeed remain skeptical about the report here is actually the key from e.t.s. . it could be a mosque if it's a one off and we don't see a follow through of strong jobs growth in the u.s. but it could be a turning point markets are going to speculate and be a little bit skeptical over the actual port seven point eight is a big difference what expectations were for around about eight point two and the real worry here is could this be something to do with elections coming up in just

a game for politicians to play or is this a meaningful improvement in the u.s. jobs growth. well nevertheless the market reaction has been positive worldwide let's start with the united states where as you can see the dow and the nasdaq are adding within half a percent the dow jones is actually trading close to the highest level since december two thousand and seven the crisis over in europe close to the closing bell we've got the dax up one point three percent is driven by banks and over here in russia this is the closing picture here's my sense of how successful session although in the end we do see we did see some last minute selling and on the on the currencies markets the euro is now gaining against the dollar after this jobs report while the russian ruble is gaining against both currencies at the close so indeed a huge surprise there rory and that's in the middle of the u.s.

election campaign where romney is actually butchering obama forty two months of unemployment higher than eight percent that's right in there job you know keeping a keeping a watch on you keeping a watch on the terrace interesting stuff indeed dimitri thank you. just a few minutes or an artsy across told zeroes in on the first debate between romney and obama the current american president being assessed as massively underwhelming this is art. which brightened. the song from sons to pressure. starts on t.v. dot com. my parents really truly honestly believe that what had

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